Deshler News

The National Weather Service office in Hastings says small tornadoes touched down Saturday west of Byron in Nuckolls County and east of Deshler in Thayer County.

Suspected tornadoes and supercell thunderstorms swept Saturday into the southern and central Plains, where more than 5 million residents were warned of strong to violent twisters.

Two apparent tornadoes have been spotted in south-central Nebraska but no injuries or damages have reported.

Nebraska's new truancy law has swept up some law-abiding parents and high-achieving children who object to being forced to report to the county attorney.

As I serenely perused the newspaper over tea and toast in Bangkok last week, it came as a shock to read that trendy folks in the West are now getting Khmer lettering tattooed on their bodies.